# Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Mia Nacamulli
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mia_nacamulli_why_should_you_read_kurt_vonnegut)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Kurt Vonnegut found the tidy, satisfying arcs of many stories at odds with reality, and he set out to explore the ambiguity between good and bad fortune in his own novels. He tried to make sense of human behavior by studying the shapes of stories — ditching straightforward chronologies and clear-cut fortunes. Mia Nacamulli dives into the sometimes dark, yet hopeful works of Vonnegut. \[Directed by TED-Ed, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mia_nacamulli_why_should_you_read_kurt_vonnegut/4b30b43a018a), 6 min (TED's player)